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| 371 | MICHIGAN | 54.5 | 57.5 | | 372 | NOTRE DAME | -5.5 | -3.5 |
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| All Games | 1-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 52.0 | 35.0 | 560.0 | (10.2) | 1.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 280.0 | (4.1) | 0.0 | | Last 3 Games | 1-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 52.0 | 35.0 | 560.0 | (10.2) | 1.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 280.0 | (4.1) | 0.0 | | Turf Games | 1-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 52.0 | 35.0 | 560.0 | (10.2) | 1.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 280.0 | (4.1) | 0.0 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 52.0 | 35.0 | 24.0 | 30:08 | 36-350 | (9.7) | 16-19 | 84.2% | 210 | (11.1) | 55-560 | (10.2) | (10.8) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 52 | 35 | 24 | 30:08 | 36-350 | (9.7) | 16-19 | 84.2% | 210 | (11.1) | 55-560 | (10.2) | (10.8) | | Defense (All Games) | 14.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 | 29:52 | 36-153 | (4.2) | 17-33 | 51.5% | 127 | (3.8) | 69-280 | (4.1) | (20) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 14 | 0 | 17 | 30:52 | 36-153 | (4.2) | 17-33 | 51.5% | 127 | (3.8) | 69-280 | (4.1) | (20) |
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| All Games | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 48.0 | 28.0 | 576.0 | (9) | 0.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 367.0 | (5.6) | 2.0 | | Home Games | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 48.0 | 28.0 | 576.0 | (9) | 0.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 367.0 | (5.6) | 2.0 | | Last 3 Games | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 48.0 | 28.0 | 576.0 | (9) | 0.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 367.0 | (5.6) | 2.0 | | Turf Games | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 48.0 | 28.0 | 576.0 | (9) | 0.0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 367.0 | (5.6) | 2.0 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 48.0 | 28.0 | 23.0 | 30:09 | 42-281 | (6.7) | 14-22 | 63.6% | 295 | (13.4) | 64-576 | (9) | (12) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 48 | 28 | 23 | 30:09 | 42-281 | (6.7) | 14-22 | 63.6% | 295 | (13.4) | 64-576 | (9) | (12) | | Offense Home Games | 48.0 | 28.0 | 23.0 | 30:09 | 42-281 | (6.7) | 14-22 | 63.6% | 295 | (13.4) | 64-576 | (9) | (12) | | Defense (All Games) | 17.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 29:51 | 40-141 | (3.5) | 15-26 | 57.7% | 226 | (8.7) | 66-367 | (5.6) | (21.6) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 17 | 10 | 16 | 30:51 | 40-141 | (3.5) | 15-26 | 57.7% | 226 | (8.7) | 66-367 | (5.6) | (21.6) | | Defense Home Games | 17.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 29:51 | 40-141 | (3.5) | 15-26 | 57.7% | 226 | (8.7) | 66-367 | (5.6) | (21.6) |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: MICHIGAN 11, NOTRE DAME 32 |
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| 8/30/2014 | APPALACHIAN ST | 52-14 | W | -29 | W | 54 | O | 36-350 | 16-19-210 | 1 | 36-153 | 17-33-127 | 0 | | 9/6/2014 | @ NOTRE DAME | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/13/2014 | MIAMI OHIO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/20/2014 | UTAH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/27/2014 | MINNESOTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10/4/2014 | @ RUTGERS | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 8/30/2014 | RICE | 48-17 | W | -19.5 | W | 52 | O | 42-281 | 14-22-295 | 0 | 40-141 | 15-26-226 | 2 | | 9/6/2014 | MICHIGAN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/13/2014 | *PURDUE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/27/2014 | *SYRACUSE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10/4/2014 | STANFORD | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | MICHIGAN: New OC Doug Nussmeier left Alabama to hopefully provide a shot in the arm to a Wolverines offense whose O-Line was horrible last year, leading to a poor ground game (126 rush YPG, 3.3 YPC) and indecision by dual-threat QB Devin Gardner (8.6 YPA, 21 TD, 11 INT; 483 rush yds, 11 TD). The senior will have to adjust to his third different OC in his Michigan career without graduated top WR Jeremy Gallon. The ground game hopes the return of four starting O-Linemen can help, but the best rusher on the team is underwhelming RB Derrick Green (270 rush yds, 3.3 YPC). The defense is in much better shape with LB Jake Ryan (4.5 TFL in 8 games) returning from a knee injury to anchor a strong linebacking corps. Star CB Ray Taylor (86 tackles, 4 INT, 9 PD) and DE Frank Clark (5.5 sacks) are players on the rise. | | NOTRE DAME: QB Everett Golson (7.6 YPA in 2012) returns from academic suspension to battle redshirt freshman dual-threat QB Malik Zaire for the starting job. Either will be an upgrade over Tommy Rees. New defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder oversees a rebuilt, but talented unit. LB Jaylon Smith (67 tackles) will anchor the run defense, while sophomore S Max Redfield and S Austin Collinsworth (3 INT) could be the top safety tandem in FBS. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW (MICHIGAN-NOTRE DAME) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(DELETES reference to App. State being in FCS)
*Michigan-Notre Dame Preview* =============================
Michigan (1-0) at Notre Dame (1-0), 7:30 p.m. EDT
(AP) - The Michigan-Notre Dame rivalry is about to go dormant again.
The series dates to 1887 when Michigan students traveled to South Bend to teach Notre Dame students the game. The game has featured exciting matchups, standout players and feuding coaches from schools 150 miles apart that are both coming off easy opening victories.
Michigan defensive end Frank Clark doesn't like what's happening.
"That's one of the big rivals. You got Notre Dame-Michigan. You got (Michigan) State-Michigan. You got Ohio (State) vs. Michigan. For a team to opt out of that contract, and to opt out of playing another team that is a great rival and is one of those great games, it's almost like a slap in the face," he said. "We're going to do what we've got to do to get the job done."
In 2007, the two schools announced they would play annually through 2031. Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said he was blindsided when Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick handed him a letter before the 2012 game informing him Notre Dame was ending the series. Brandon said he didn't read the letter until riding back to Ann Arbor.
Swarbrick, though, said Brandon knew the notice was coming, saying he told him in a phone conversation. Swarbrick said it was necessary because Notre Dame had agreed to play five games a season against ACC teams when it joined the league in most other sports while staying independent in football. Swarbrick said Brandon told him that when he received the letter it would become public quickly because of public record laws.
"I said, `Let me think about that, whether it makes any difference.' I talked to some people here. I walked up to him on Saturday and told him, `I've thought about it. I still have to give you the letter,' and I handed it to him," Swarbrick said.
Swarbrick said the university had to get some games off its schedule and the Michigan contract had an automatic rollover provision with a year being added each time a game was played. He said Michigan insisted on that rollover provision.
"They were worried about the impact of a ninth game in the Big Ten schedule so they wanted the flexibility to end it if they needed to," he said.
It's not the first time the series was abruptly ended. In 1910, the year after Notre Dame beat the Wolverines for the first time, Michigan canceled the game the day before the game, claiming the Irish were using ineligible players.
In part because of a feud between Knute Rockne and Fielding Yost, the two schools didn't play again until 1942, and then it only lasted two seasons.
The series didn't resume again until 1978, but quickly rekindled the rivalry. The final game has become a hot ticket, with prices running $300 or more on Stubhub.
Players on the 16th-ranked Irish say they will try to avoid the hoopla this week.
"I don't think I get into all the hype of it around here," quarterback Everett Golson said. "But at the same time, you have to take care of business and prepare. Michigan is a great football team, so it's going to be a tough one. But we'll be ready for it."
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly and Michigan coach Brady Hoke stoked the fire last year. Kelly initially said he didn't see the game "as one of those historic, traditional Notre Dame rivalries," going on to call it a "big regional game." He flip-flopped two days later, calling it "a great and historic rivalry."
Hoke accused the Irish of "chickening out" of the series. After the Wolverines beat the Irish 41-30 last season, Michigan played the "Chicken Dance" over the stadium sound system.
Hoke said last Saturday he's disappointed the series is ending.
"It's always been a great football game. Always. Bo (Schembechler) would say, it kind of lets you know where the team was early in the season because of the similarities of the athletes on the field. I just think for college football, it's a great rivalry. The significance of being the last one down there, yeah, there's significance to it," he said.
Kelly said what rankles him is losing three times in four games against the Wolverines, who have won six of the last eight matchups.
"I don't like losing, so I'd say that I don't want to lose to Michigan," he said.
The Wolverines looked good in their opener last Saturday, pounding Appalachian State 52-14 as Devin Gardner threw three touchdown passes to Devin Funchess in the first half. Gardner went 13 of 14 and Michigan rushed for 350 yards behind Derrick Green (170) and De'Veon Smith (115).
Notre Dame also got a very encouraging performance from its quarterback last Saturday in a 48-17 victory over Rice. After missing last season for academic impropriety, Golson threw touchdown passes of 75 and 53 yards and became the third Irish QB to run for three touchdowns in a game.
"There's a lot of things that he will tell you that he's got to continue to improve on, but there's a confidence that he carries with him that is starting to emanate, and that's going to only get better and better as he gains more confidence," Kelly said.
The coach said there is no change in the status of five players who were investigated by the university for possible cheating.
He said Tuesday that the status of starting cornerback KeiVarae Russell, leading returning receiver DaVaris Daniels, defensive end Ishaq Williams and backup linebacker Kendall Moore could change quickly if he receives word they are eligible to play. Kelly said last week that the investigation is complete and the cases were in the hands of the school's code of honor committee.
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